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Re: Reporting spam

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No, they are sneaky. They'll open a seemingly innocent member (but still with a spammy name :roll: ) then come back later and 'add' things.
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Fatleaf wrote:
Without SFS we have to dig about. (A bit more)
kantarasutrai https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... le&u=10589
Lots of unused forum memberships, most with the same spamy website.
I'm 99.99% convinced it should be banished.
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kantarasutrai - https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... le&u=10589

pages and pages of unused memberships since the begining of june
Plus link to web design/SEO site in profile. Kill.
It didn't have that when I reported it
Nor when I first tagged it! (Can I get a * please :roll: )
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Fatleaf wrote:

Nor when I first tagged it! (Can I get a * please :roll: )
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
Fatleaf wrote:

Nor when I first tagged it! (Can I get a * please :roll: )
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So what does a big star mean?
username,IP,e-mail,and everything else that could possibly be associated with the bot has been banned?
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Staer9 wrote:
So what does a big star mean?
It means I'm a ***STAR*** 8)
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Fatleaf wrote:
Staer9 wrote:
So what does a big star mean?
It means I'm a ***STAR*** 8)
I thought you were a vicious plant...
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Staer9 wrote:
Fatleaf wrote:
Staer9 wrote:
So what does a big star mean?
It means I'm a ***STAR*** 8)
I thought you were a vicious plant...
No, just the chubby part of a tree(could still be vicious) :P or a casual reference to narcotics of some sort of a big cigar maybe.
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Staer9 wrote:
So what does a big star mean?
username,IP,e-mail,and everything else that could possibly be associated with the bot has been banned?
I gave you a big gold "well done" star as I'd already marked the member as deleted in somebody else's post and I wasn't going back to edit it...
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rhydayDed: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=10614

Decloaker. And hundreds of google hits for new profiles.
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eCrysqwDougt: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=10655

The name, and the many other forum signups around the world give this one away. And one hit on the (now restored) SFS.

cridway: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=10663

Two other profiles under this name are spambots: see here and here
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I notice SFS is back up and running...
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